Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction 1. The Three Ds of Success Desire Decision Determination Expectations Applying the Three 's of Success Making It Happen 2. Urgency, Not Pressure Differences Between Pressure and Urgency Urgency and Learning Making It Happen 3. Do Something You've Never Done Before Why Avoid the Unfamiliar? The Zone of Attainable Success Teacher as Designer Making It Happen 4. Light the Fire Linked to the Life of the Learner Challenging Inspiring Making It Happen 5. Help Is on the Way Help That Invites Help That Instructs Help That Confirms Think It, Choose It, Do It, Succeed Making It Happen 6. Do the Right Thing for the Right Reason The Opposite of an Addiction to Failure Motives and Actions The Three Ds of Success Lighting the Fire Can One Judge Another's Motives? Making It Happen 7. Extinguish the Negative Make No Excuses An Eye of Faith Help and Faith Vision and Faith Making It Happen 8. Choose to Lead Who Should Lead? Leading and Helping Perception and Leadership Making It Happen Epilogue: Expect Success References Index
"There is a real power in this book that offers a way of understanding failure and overcoming it. The authors present a message of possibility and hope to learners and teachers alike and foster a resolve to put the strategies for changing behavior and attitudes into practice." -Robert S. Patterson, Emeritus Professor of Education Brigham Young University Discover powerful principles that help students raise their goals, expect success, and make extraordinary strides in achievement! Education becomes exciting and successful when both learners and teachers accomplish what they previously thought to be impossible. Written in an inspirational, compelling style, this resource shows educators how to motivate students to be successful learners through the development of key personal attributes that foster success. This user-friendly book is organized around an easy-to-use, research-based model derived from multiple fields, including education, psychology, and philosophy, and is focused around eight field-tested principles, including the "Three D's of Success"-desire, decision, and determination-that can Increase every learner's self-confidence Create new expectations and infuse students with new energy and motivation Encourage individuals to go beyond familiar goals, take manageable risks, and achieve desired outcomes Choose to Learn gives teachers a proven approach for helping students exceed their expectations and experience academic growth by making a conscious decision to learn and to succeed.
Russell T. Osguthorpe, a professor of instructional psychology and technology, currently serves as director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Brigham Young University. He has also served as chair of his department and associate dean of the David O. McKay School of Education. In 1998, he was awarded the Martha Jane Knowlton Corey University Professorship. Prior to joining Brigham Young University, he served on the faculty of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York. He speaks several languages; has collaborated on educational projects in China, Europe, and Polynesia; and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto and the University of Paris. He has authored five books and more than 50 journal articles on instructional design, teacher education, and special education.